Chapter 68
Chapter 68 Once A Playboy, Always A Playboy
Kade’s POV
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Kade showered, already feeling infinitely better with the dirt and ash cleared away from his skin Me came out of the shower and changed, then waited in his room, patient for Maeve to finish her examination of Lana and come to inspect him next.
He sat down at his desk, but didn’t turn on his laptop. Instead, he scrolled through his phone, noeally looking at anything in particularly, just reading headlines and answering texts.
He alerted Tyler what was happening, and wasn’t surprised when he received a text back near instantly. You ran into a burning building? Gonna need to keep that one a secret from your uncle.
No kidding. Uncle Roland was going to be furious when he found out. If he found out.
But even then, Kade didn’t care. He would do it again, even if the whole world was watching. Even if Uncle Roland had been standing right next to him.
There was no way he was going to leave Lana to die. Not if he could do something about that.
He continued his doom scroll, trying to ignore the bundle of worry that was inside of him. Lana had looked dead when he’d found her. That sight would haunt him for the rest of his life, he was sure. Even now, with him knowing she was okay, it was difficult to move past it.
At least Maeve was with her. That was the only comfort he had. Maeve wouldn’t hold back. She would give Lana a thorough once over and tell Kade if anything was wrong. Kade was half-ready to drive Lana to the hospital right then, but he knew she would refuse.
He remembered he didn’t have his bike anymore, and texted Tyler, saying he needed a new one.
Where’s the old one? He asked in a message.
Kade texted him the address, trusting Tyler to take care of everything.
A knock on his door roused him away from his phone. He stood and crossed the room to the door, opening it. Maeve was standing on the other side. He stepped back, giving her room to enter. As she did, he asked her, “Was Lana alright p>
“She needed a bit of healing, but she should be fine now. I suspect your lungs are in similar shape. How are your burns p>
Kade held out my arms for her inspection. The only hint of any burning was a slight redness to his skin, but even that was fading before their eyes.
“You were lucky,” she said.
“I know,” he told her. Then he leaned heavily to one side. “You aren’t going to tell me I shouldn’t have done it, are you p>
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was a relief, knowing Lana was well per Maeve’s inspection. He felt that tight coil in my chest start to
ravel.
“No,” Maeve said quietly. “What you did was very brave, but reckless p>
“I can’t argue with that. But it was necessary p>
“And I can’t argue with that,” she said. “Sit down and let me inspect you p>
Kade did as she asked, sitting at his desk chair. She placed her hand on his upper chest and closedhek eyes. He could feel her healing his lungs as he started to breathe easier. This relief was still secondary came with the knowledge that Lana was alright.
what
“You have your work cut out for you with her,” Maeve said, as the healing concluded. “She sees a softer side of you, but she doesn’t trust you yet. She still sees you as a playboy p>
Kade exhaled a harsh breath. Maybe it was out of sheer exhaustion, but he felt his irritation begin to prickle. “I haven’t done anything to break the contract. I’ve been withholding just because she asked me to Yet she still sees me that way p>
“Yes,” Maeve said. “To be fair, you don’t have the best track record with that kind of thing. It isn’t a wild thought for her to have p>
“There’s nothing wrong with the way I live p>
“There is if you ever want to settle down p>
“I assure you that I don’t.” He just wanted his wolf to come back. Everything else was secondary. Yes, he cared for Lana, he didn’t want her to die. And yes, there hadn’t been any women he’d ever met who had been able to hold his interest as much as Lana had been able to do. But that didn’t mean anything.
Once Caleb backed off, and Kade’s wolf returned, there would be no more reason to uphold the contract.
“Lana will want to move on someday, and then I’ll go right back to the way I was before. And why shouldn’t I? I always enjoyed my active sex life p>
There was small gasp at the door. Looking over toward it, Kade realized too late that he had left the door open about six inches or so. Through the opening, he saw Lana looking in, seeing him.
His heart dropped straight to the floor.
She’d heard what he said.
Their eyes locked. Her hands were over her heart, and she took a step backwards, like she was going to run. Kade stood up.
“Lana, wait p>
But it was too late. She was already turning, dashing away.
Kade was faster. Leaving Maeve behind, he threw open the door and gave chase. He caught up to Lana in
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the hallway, and grabbed her by the wrist stopping her.
“La me go,” she said.
“Let me explain,” I replied.
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“There’s nothing to explain. You didn’t say anything that we both already didn’t know would happ.” Her voice was cold as ice and he felt chilled to the bone by it.
Gods, how had he messed this up so badly? Why hadn’t he been thinking?
He’d just been so annoyed that Lana would shut him out.
He hadn’t meant for her to hear what he’d said.
“I don’t care what you do when the contract is over,” she said. “Or who you sleep with p>
“Don’t lie,” I said.
“It’s not a lie.” Yet she still wasn’t facing him, keeping firmly away. She pulled at his grip like she wanted to escape. Anyone else, he would have let them go without question. Misunderstandings with women never mattered to him before. Let the girls think whatever they wanted.
But it was different with Lana. He wanted to set things straight. If she would only listen to him.
“I’d be shocked now if you even continued on with our contract,” she said, bitterness rising up in her voice. “Do you really think you can keep your dick in your pants p>
Anger seethed inside of him. He didn’t know why Lana was important to him, only that she was. And that frustrated him to all hell. He’d never felt anything like this before. He shouldn’t be feeling anything like
this.
He grabbed Lana’s shoulder, releasing her wrist, and spun her to face him. She was pale, her eyes wide and damp. Her bottom lip was wobbling before she pressed her lips hard together and lifted her chin in open defiance of him.
“Let me go,” she said.
“I’m keeping to our contract and will continue to do so,” he said. “The only way I’d give it up is if you wanted to be the one to sleep with me p>
He stepped closer to her, and she gasped. Her eyes turned panicked. Maybe she was hoping that he hadn’t heard her cute little intake of breath.
Well, he had. He knew he affected her, no matter how much she tried to deny herself.
Her eyes dropped to Kade’s lips, and he was certain she wanted him to kiss her.
Gods, he wanted to kiss her too. So much so that he started to lean down.
His guard fell, thinking only of her mouth. In that moment, she seemed to come back to herself and slunk
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“That will never happen!” she shouted.
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She turned and ran again toward her room. He chased her, but she slammed closed the door right on his face, leaving him alone in the hallway.
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